Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant
(T35)
(Graduate Students) This program provides funds to
research institutions to make awards to individuals in health professional
schools for research opportunities that would not be available through their
regular course of study. Awards are made to training institutions by national
competition. Trainees are selected by the grantee institution and must be U.S.
citizens, noncitizen nationals, or legal permanent residents of the U.S.
Trainees should have successfully completed at least 1
semester at an accredited school of medicine, optometry, osteopathy, dentistry,
veterinary medicine, pharmacy, or public health before entering the program.
The award cannot be used to support courses that are required for the M.D.,
D.O., D.D.S., D.V.M., or similar professional degrees. Students in a combined
M.D./Ph.D. program are ineligible, as are persons holding the M.S. or Ph.D. in
a health science and those already studying in formal programs leading to the
M.S. or Ph.D. In schools of pharmacy, only candidates for the doctor of
pharmacy degree are eligible.
Who is eligible? U.S. institutions
The opportunities? Short-term research training
Duration of support? Summer or off-quarters
during the academic year - 2 to 3 months
Where? At U.S. institutions receiving the award
Applications due? January 25
Please note that the NIH released a notice in the NIH Guide
to Grants and Contracts regarding a "Change
in Standing Receipt Dates for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Beginning in
January 2007", http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-001.html.
The new receipt dates will be effective as of January 2007
and will apply to both paper and electronic applications.
- The
most recent announcement can be found in the NIH Guide
for Grants and Contracts at the following URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-117.html.
- The NHLBI Website also lists training programs
under the category Request for
Applications/Proposals & Program Announcements through the application
receipt date.
- Please note that the links indicated above are
for two different websites. To return to the NHLBI Research Training and Career
Development website, use the Internet navigation "Back" button.
Stipend: Current
stipend and training-related expense levels for National
Research Service Award (NRSA) trainees are available at http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm.
Other allowable costs are tuition,
fees, health insurance, and travel to scientific meetings
("Notice of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees,
and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research
Service Awards" available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-093.html).
How to apply: Institutions apply to the NIH using
application form PHS 398. The form is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html.
For further assistance contact:
Grants Information
Telephone (301)-435-0714
Email: grantsinfo@nih.gov
- Institutions should send the completed application to:
- Center for Scientific Review
- National Institutes of Health
- Two Rockledge Center, Room 1040
- 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7710
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7710 (U.S. Postal Service Express
or regular mail)
- Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (for express/courier service)
- Please contact the following NHLBI staff member if
you have questions about this award:
- Charlotte Pratt, Ph.D.
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7936
- Phone: (301) 435-0382
- FAX: (301) 480-1669
- Email: PrattC@nhlbi.nih.gov
November 2006
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